"As my high school football coach always quipped, 'Offense may win fans, but defense wins games,'" says leading growth stock expert Louis Basenese.
Here, the Oxford Club associate investment director takes a look at his three favorite defense stocks, noting, "When it comes to investing in the current environment, I'm convinced that you can't go wrong with this trio of companies."
"In my view, this sector willl never fall out of favor. The recent development with Russia serves to underscore another point I'v
We have finally reached a point where all denial is gone and we are ready to admit the error of our ways. Sure, there were plenty of folks ringing the alarm bells years ago, but universal acceptance of the fundamental economic calamity that faces us from every corner of the world, and every person with two cents to rub together, has just now ...
When you watch your kids playing war games on their computers, it must have occurred to you at some point that this might all be part of some grand scheme to get the next generation well-versed in a new set of skills. Hand-to-hand combat (except with their siblings) is out and unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs are in.
The AP (7/20) reported that Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) recently unveiled "its new control system for unmanned aerial veh
2006 #7 Raytheon Company engages in the design, development, manufacture, integration, and support of technological products, services, and solutions for governmental and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. It operates in six segments: Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS), Missile Systems (MS), Network Centric Systems (NCS), Space and Airborne Systems (SAS), and T
After ratcheting the Fed Funds rate down from 5.25% to 2.00% in lessthan a year, it seems abrupt to me how quickly the Fed's tone haschanged. Bernanke now wants to fight inflation, and Fed Funds futuresare actually predicting a 30% chance of an increase in rates at theAugust 5th meeting. So what does this mean to investors?
1)The U.S dollar may actually stop declining. Investors who have beenprofiting by betting against the U.S. dollar may need to find a newstrategy.
2) Commodity price increases may slow. Many investorshave been benefiting from the combination of a weak US dollar andgrowing i...
After five months of tracking my 2008 picks, it is rewarding to finally have a breakthrough -- topping the three major stock indices and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) too. It has been painful to have to report each month that I was being bested. However, since I have not seen anything contradicting m
Today's stock selection: RTN Reference: http://www.zacks.com/rank/zcommentary/?id=7743 Raytheon Co. ( RTN ) announced first-quarter results in late April. Bookings were strong at $6.5 billion and backlog was a record $37.7 billion. Earnings per share of 93 cents beat the consensus estimate by 12% and outpaced the year-prior result. Raytheon’s ROE of 13% reflects growth and is almost double the industry average of 7%. The annual dividend was hiked by 10% from $1.02 per share to $1.12. The quarterly cash dividend of 28 cents per share currently translates into dividend yield...
When it comes to defense spending over the last nine years, there has not been any rest. As I have reported on numerous occasions, the defense sector has beaten the market indices year after year. This year is no exception and two of my recommendations remain ahead of the market and are reporting new contracts every day.
Today, theThe Arizona Republicreports [registration required] that General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) is to
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"As my high school football coach always quipped, 'Offense may win fans, but defense wins games,'" says leading growth stock expert 
We have finally reached a point where all denial is gone and we are ready to admit the error of our ways. Sure, there were plenty of folks ringing the alarm bells years ago, but universal acceptance of the fundamental economic calamity that faces us from every corner of the world, and every person with two cents to rub together, has just now ...
Raytheon Company engages in 
After five months of tracking my 2008 picks, it is rewarding to finally have a breakthrough -- topping the three major stock indices and 
When it comes to defense spending over the last nine years, there has not been any rest. As I have reported on numerous occasions, the defense sector has beaten the market indices year after year. This year is no exception and two of my recommendations remain ahead of the market and are reporting new contracts every day.
This month saw great improvement after last month's disaster. Having to conclude my findings on a specific month end day, or any day,
